QCOSTARICA – On Monday, January 11, the central government began negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without a plan B to address the government’s financing, despite the fact that at this time there is no guarantee of s...

QCOSTARICA – Kisha More Bent will never forget Monday, January 11. That day, starting in the afternoon, she served rice and beans and a mondongo (tripe) soup to Gordon Ramsay, the demanding and celebrity chef. “When I went to the table at onc...

RICO’S COVID19 DIGEST – Costa Rica has accumulated 181,093 cases of Covid-19 since the first cases last March, the Ministry of Health reported this Tuesday. In its twice-weekly reports, the interim minister of Health, Roberto Gonzalez, re...

QCOSTARICA – All travelers to the United States will be required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flight. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the new policy Tuesday and said it will...

QCOSTARICA – The coastal local governments achieved their goal in their meeting this afternoon with representatives of the central government, having beaches remain open until 6:00 pm. Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, January 13, all beaches in th...

QCOSTARICA – A man who sexually abused and raped his granddaughter in Batán, Matina district, Limón, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday morning. The sentence was imposed by the Criminal Court of Limon and the man was identified as ...

(VOA) The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that mass vaccinations against the novel coronavirus will not produce herd immunity this year. WHO chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan told reporters Monday that it takes time to produce and adm...

(AFP) An Australian doctor who began inventing virus detection tools as a “hobby” is now helming a mammoth effort to ship the first non-prescription home Covid-19 tests cleared by US regulators. Sean Parsons is the founder of Ellume, a me...

Q REPORTS (La Lima, Honduras) Emerson sells bananas on the edge of a dusty street in La Lima, northern Honduras, but hopes to stop doing so soon and migrate to the United States. He believes that President-elect Joe Biden will let him get through. Af...

QCOSTARICA – Costa Ricans (Ticos) went from not knowing a single suspected or confirmed case of covid-19 in April to learning of four or more patients in their environment in a matter of seven months due to the accelerated advance of the corona...